Ecoimmunology for psychoneuroimmunologists: Considering context in neuroendocrine-immune-behavior interactions

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 44, Issue , 2015, Pages 9-16

  Demas, Gregory E ^a   Carlton, Elizabeth D ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coinfection; Cytokines; Energetics of immunity; Sickness behavior; Wisdom of the body

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; OCTOPAMINE; STRESS HORMONE;

BEHAVIOR; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE RESISTANCE; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYLOGENY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; ANIMAL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; IMMUNOMODULATION; INTERDISCIPLINARY EDUCATION; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; ECOLOGY; HUMANS; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NEUROIMMUNOMODULATION; PSYCHONEUROIMMUNOLOGY;

EID: 84918502125     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: 10902139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2014.09.002     Document Type: Review

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